i was looking at headlights yesterday, the car builder solution site mentions on one set of headlights something about beam pattern being flat

Chadderton, 12.30

Good luck for tomorrow bud I'm sure you wont need it....your build will talked about I sure amongst themselves (examiners)..... so is it really "finished" cos we all know they never are ;-)

Cheers mate, to be fair it really is finished, there might be a few bits after IVA but at least my mrs thinks it's over haha

Oh and I got some new bulbs and fitted them tonight, so hopefully :o :cool: :eek:

Awesome build Rosco, I've been quietly following for a while now!

I'm also running 5 3/4" SVC headlights - which bulbs did you buy to replace the stock ones? Little annoyed to learn they won't pass, they were sold as IVA friendly... :(

Cheers! Just some halfords ones, I'm going to take the old ones to just in case

I bought some from halfords that were supposed to be extra bright etc. I will find out tomorrow if they are OK!

Good luck for tomorrow. Look forward to seeing your car on the road.

Well got up this morning about 4:45 as I couldn't sleep, walked the dog and got the bonnet on etc, 6am came and my Dad turned up with the trailer, got it loaded up, I had a car cover so put this on as it was raining

Set off and the cover was blowing everywhere, so took it back off, it wasn't raining to hard

Got to the test station, unloaded the car and parked up, 8:30 the roller door went up and he got started, checked all the projections to start with, said the bottom of the headlight bracket wasn't rounded enough

Then looked over the brakes, happy with the balance bar being lock wired, but not happy with the rubber tube from the brake fluid pot to the cylinders, he asked if I had a recipt, but I couldn't find it,

Seat belts, all good, said they were fine but I could remove the spacers lifting them up, (the spacers were only for IVA anyway) he said the belts would be ok resting on the seat as the hole was trimmed,

Had a good look around the car, then checked the reverse gear, but the way I had wiried it, the prime switch put the light on then the engage switch reverses the car, but he said no good as you could leave the light on

Also the digi dash buttons needed locking as they hide the speedo when in a menu

Checked the speedo, all fine,

Emissions were spot on

Then he went and weighed it and try the brake balance I think

510kg and brakes good,

Onto the ramp, had a look underneath, checked lock to lock,

The headlights, said they were spot on

Just the brake test and noise left

Tested the brakes but said he has to work the figures out

Outside for the noise test, I was pooing it by this point, 97db so just under

Then he said if you want to go to your car and try n sort those 4 bits out

Well me and my dad, you would of thought we were going to miss the grid at the F1

Edge trim on the headlight brackets

I set about the wiring, re wired the reverse light so it was correct, and unwired the dash buttons

Just the brake pipe to sort, I rang rally design where it was from, them emailed me the spec sheet,

He came over and checked everything and said you've Passed

Went and did the paperwork and job done

So happy! I said I wouldn't have minded a fail but when I was there I didn't want to have to do a re test

So just need to fill my reg forms out now!

Well done enjoy

well done we will all post our postcodes for your round britain run and test drives:D

Well done on the pass, glad the headlamps were ok, I passed my retest as well, ref documents already posted

Kudos to the cleanest build i have seen

Well done fella

Well done guys nice to know there are now two more haynes roadsters went from beginning to end.....hope youz both get sorted out soon for the best part of the summer because this month has been sh*te apart from a few days at the start so much so I put off getting mine back on the road till july.

one of them started out as my first chassis/build

congratulations on passing ,now just get her registered and enjoy

Well done on the first time pass didn't expect anything else. Nice to know there is two more Haynes roadster on the road ( cropper ). Look forward to seeing your car in the flesh one day.

Well done, good luck with the dvla and have fun when it is on the road!

Haha, Cheers guys!

Oh wicked, glad you got sorted to!

Wow, thanks

Yeah theres a few more new builds to so hopefully be some more yet to come!


Thanks

Haha i was a bit worried this morning lol, yeah we will have a meet up at some point, track day maybe?

Cheers

Well its took me all night to get my forms sorted, two printers!! But just posted them off, hopefully they are right, will keep you lot posted!

Thanks for all the interestand support along the way to, its been briliant!

Few pics from today

6am



Waiting for 8:30





One proud Dad!

Big "thumb up" for your pass! Congratulations :) Perfect timing for enjoying your amazing car on the road this summer !

Brilliant news, well done!

Cheers guys!

Chapter Two
 

Right, now to start the fun jobs,

Aero, got a few bits I want to get done before my reg turns up really

Nose cone canards

Made some templates





Then cut them out of some carbon sheet, used two jigsaw blades! It's such tough stuff!

Then needed some little brackets, my dad had some 20x20 aluminium angle so had an idea



Then turned around for the 2nd side



These will be bolted to the canards and the nose cone

HaHaha...I told you so

Haha its nearly finished, does that count?

It's never finished. I want do do so much to mine but I'm finding it very hard to wait until winter right now

Lol whats on your list?

Congratulations on the pass, it has been a great build thread to go through.
Looking forward to seeing the mods go on now! :D :D

Its about 2k's worth at the mo. I'm looking at fitting a turbo. So coming with that will be a standalone ECU (possible OMEX 600), intercooler, oil cooler and a new header. Also thought about an LSD (on my wish list) and I'm thinking about re making my dash. All will be done over the winter though, I wont survive the summer with no roadster now.

sounds cool, quite a job then really, keep you busy while its raining tho!

Congratulations on the pass. I go on holiday and I miss all the action. The mods are looking good.

Haha cheers, yeah it's getting there

You will have time to draw up the roller plans now that you passed iva

bead roller? need to build a mk 2 really

Got a bit done this week, got the canards finished and fitted, bit tricky getting both sides the same but my dad eyed them up!





My dad made me some blacking plates so I could remove the air bypass bumf



Next job, rear diffuser, more brackets made by my dad

Brackets mounted on suspension bolts



Rough card template



1.5mm aluminium, blank canvas!



Folding back edge up